马克·卡尔森、西尔万·普拉齐，布鲁塞尔——周五，布鲁塞尔发生警察与抗议者之间的冲突。当时，数万名民众在该比利时首都集会，抗议不断上涨的生活成本以及政府推出的紧缩预算措施。
MARK CARLSON, SYLVAIN PLAZY BRUSSELS — Police and protesters clashed in Brussels on Friday as tens of thousands of people rallied in the Belgian capital against rising living costs and budget-tightening measures introduced by the government.
数十名抗议者（其中许多是年轻人）身穿黑衣、佩戴口罩，在布鲁塞尔中央火车站向警察投掷石块和鞭炮，随后引发多起火灾，其中一处烧毁了堆放的市政自行车和电动滑板车。
Dozens of protesters, many of them young, dressed in black and wearing masks, threw rocks and firecrackers at police at the central Brussels railway station, before setting several fires, one to a pile of city bikes and electric scooters.
防暴警察以催泪瓦斯、水炮和警棍冲击作出回应，将抗议者驱逐出该区域。全市的交通和公共交通因此中断。
Riot police responded with tear gas, water cannons and baton charges, pushing the protesters from area. Traffic and public transport across the city were disrupted.
警方表示，“制造公共秩序问题的人”与这场反紧缩集会并无关联。警方称，该集会吸引了约3万人参加。
Police said that those “who caused the problems of public order are not linked” to the anti-austerity rally, which they said drew around 30,000 people.
此次冲突发生在列日市持续一周的紧张局势之后。此前，由于学生与警察发生冲突并破坏商店，当地政府已禁止公共集会。列日市有超过200人被捕，数十名警察受伤。
The clashes came after a week of tensions in the city of Liege, where authorities placed a ban on public gatherings as students clashed with police and vandalized shops. More than 200 people were arrested in Liege and dozens of police injured.
工会组织曾希望吸引数万人前往布鲁塞尔集会，因为比利时政府正努力敲定明年的预算。与邻国法国和意大利一样，比利时也深陷公共债务危机。
Union movements had hoped to draw tens of thousands of people to Brussels as the Belgian government struggles to finalize a budget for next year. Belgium is mired in public debt, like its neighbor France and also Italy.
工会领袖表示，暴乱者与他们的集会无关。工会成员及其支持者身着红绿等鲜艳颜色的服装，他们在布鲁塞尔市中心的游行活动进行得十分和平。
Union leaders said the rioters had nothing to do with their rally. Union members and their supporters were dressed colorfully, clad in red or green, and their march through the Brussels city center passed off peacefully.
“我有工作，但根本入不敷出，”玛丽·戈贝尔说。她是一位单身母亲，也是一名社会工作者，为了参加这次游行，她带着女儿从那慕尔市赶来。
“I work, but I cannot make ends meet,” said Marie Gobert, a single mother and social worker who came from the city of Namur with one of her daughters for the march.
她告诉美联社，学校费用刚刚上涨，公共交通和火车票的价格也随之上升。“我认为自己从未像现在这样，对所有这些让我的日常生活变得困难的政策感到如此焦虑，”她说。周五，全市的交通和公共交通均受到干扰。
She told The Associated Press that schools costs have just gone up along with the price of public transport and train tickets. “I don’t think I’ve ever been this anxious about all the measures making my daily life difficult,” she said. Traffic and public transport across the city were disrupted on Friday.
“你能感受到社会上的紧张气氛，也能察觉到愤怒情绪正在各地悄然蔓延，”戈贝尔说道。“教育体系正在遭到破坏，而当年轻人想要发声时，却无人倾听他们的声音。”
“You can feel the social tension, you can feel anger starting to simmer everywhere,” Gobert said. “The education system is being dismantled and when young people want to speak out no one listens to them.”